Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Howdy to all,

   I was invited to join this list- so I'm stopping by and introducing 
myself.
   I am a VZ8m owner (sold my CZ-1 this year)- and I used to 
program the VZ10m manually in the early 90's.
   I have listened to every ROM sound that Casio released for the 
VZ's (Power, Tokyo, etc...) and produced a bank of my own that 
was sold commercially for awhile. (I have a current - new bank 
for the VZ8m that I need to post- and share as soon as I get off 
my a*#).

   For those of you who are new to the VZ I'd like to share a few 
comments on my assesment of iPD based on my own 
experience.

   The VZ is not just different from FM- to my ears it is inferior.
-you heard right- I said inferior (yes it's only my opinion).
Why would I say such a thing about my beloved VZ ?
- well- I tend to use my TX81z more than my VZ.
But the TX is 12 bit and the VZ is 16 bit- should'nt the VZ be a 
little better ?- yes it should- but it really lacks the BITE you get 
from FM (that's the best word I can think of to describe it).
   I would actually prefer to have a rackmount 16 bit CZ-1 with 16 
voices over a VZ10m/8m (I sold my CZ-1 cause I needed the 
space). The ring mod and pseudo PWM from a CZ is better (to 
my ears) than the ring mod and PD on a VZ.
   The VZ can still make some good sounds- and I have spent so 
much time programming the VZ that I can't give the darn thing 
up- but since I have so many other synths I find that the VZ 
makes it into my compisitions less and less these days.
  So what good is it ?- the VZ is one of the best electronic 
sounding Bargain synths you can find today- and it is a real 
challange to program.

sorry for the long post- i'll be posting a link to my sounds for the 
VZ soon (at which time I'll expect scathing reviews from Summa)
I'm crossposting this VZ opinion on the EZVZ page.

Todd S.
http://users.ev1.net/~xpander/SMCChome.html